Look at the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and how BP gyrated like a cornered snake as it tried, over and over again, to evade its responsibilities. Even now, they're talking about suing many of those who received compensation.

It's not (necessarily) because they're evil, but because corporations aren't people my friend, and they harbor no illusions of responsibility for public well-being. In fact, they often show a distressingly cavalier attitude to the damage they can do to the public.

GM, for example, openly prefers to dole out some cash to the families it destroys rather than make a safer product. Could there be a plainer example of how corporations value profits over the well-being of its customers, or of people in general?

So who goes too far, government or corporations?